And so, Piastri heads to the Monaco Grand Prix with a clear directive: if he gets pole, he must cover off Verstappen’s lunges at all costs. Sunday’s race is an opportunity to resume the status quo and bounce back, with pole position - strategy blunders aside - likely to determine the finishing order.

Oscar Piastri has vowed to learn from Max Verstappen ’s audacious around-the-outside overtake at the start of the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Verstappen pulled off a spectacular move under braking to snatch the lead from McLaren’s Piastri at the first corner, before going on to claim a dominant victory at Imola.

Max Verstappen gave his Formula 1 title defense a big boost with victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday after a daring overtake on standings leader Oscar Piastri at the start